STORY: White coffins topped with flowers and photographs of boys - some as young as nine - drew mourners to a memorial service in Kenya on Thursday (September 26) for the victims of a school fire earlier this month.

Thousands of mourners packed a stadium in central Kenya on Thursday to hold a sombre memorial service for 21 boys killed in a school dormitory fire this month.

By Thomas Mukoya and Monicah Mwangi NYERI, Kenya (Reuters) -Grieving relatives and former classmates bid a solemn farewell on Thursday to 21 children who died in a boarding school fire in central Kenya earlier this month,

As Kenya mourns 21 children killed in a boarding school fire this month, anxious parents are left wondering why the country suffers so many similar tragedies.In the two days after the Hillside tragedy,

A mass funeral has been held for the 21 children who were killed in a boarding school fire in central Kenya earlier this month.

Memorial held for Kenyan children who died in school fire accident Government hold a memorial service for the 21 children who died during a school fire in Nyeri, Kenya. The incident has brought to light the lack of proper oversight and continuous negligence by the relevant authorities which has over the years,